From: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
To: davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
edumazet@google.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>,
anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com, zhaochenguang@kylinos.cn,
magnus.karlsson@intel.com, jacob.e.keller@intel.com,
przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com, jbrandeb@kernel.org,
horms@kernel.org, kerneljasonxing@gmail.com, ast@kernel.org,
daniel@iogearbox.net, hawk@kernel.org, john.fastabend@gmail.com,
sdf@fomichev.me, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
Sunitha Mekala <sunithax.d.mekala@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 6/8] i40e: do not expose netdev too early
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:24:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260918212458.550425-7-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260918212458.550425-1-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
From: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>
i40e_vsi_setup() registers the netdev before rings and q_vectors are fully
allocated and mapped. Once register_netdev() returns, userspace can reach
netdev callbacks such as ndo_open(), so the VSI backing state must already
be ready.
Move register_netdev() to the end of the setup path, after ring/q_vector
allocation, ring mapping and RSS configuration. Keep freeing an allocated
but not registered netdev on the error path.
Fixes: 41c445ff0f48 ("i40e: main driver core")
Reported-by: Sashiko AI Review <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>
Tested-by: Sunitha Mekala <sunithax.d.mekala@intel.com> (A Contingent worker at Intel)
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 29 ++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 2b4b061302db..82037faf960f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -14449,15 +14449,6 @@ struct i40e_vsi *i40e_vsi_setup(struct i40e_pf *pf, u8 type,
goto err_netdev;
SET_NETDEV_DEVLINK_PORT(vsi->netdev, &pf->devlink_port);
}
- ret = register_netdev(vsi->netdev);
- if (ret)
- goto err_dl_port;
- vsi->netdev_registered = true;
- netif_carrier_off(vsi->netdev);
-#ifdef CONFIG_I40E_DCB
- /* Setup DCB netlink interface */
- i40e_dcbnl_setup(vsi);
-#endif /* CONFIG_I40E_DCB */
fallthrough;
case I40E_VSI_FDIR:
/* set up vectors and rings if needed */
@@ -14485,6 +14476,19 @@ struct i40e_vsi *i40e_vsi_setup(struct i40e_pf *pf, u8 type,
if (ret)
goto err_config;
}
+
+ if (vsi->netdev) {
+ ret = register_netdev(vsi->netdev);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_config;
+ vsi->netdev_registered = true;
+ netif_carrier_off(vsi->netdev);
+#ifdef CONFIG_I40E_DCB
+ /* Setup DCB netlink interface */
+ i40e_dcbnl_setup(vsi);
+#endif /* CONFIG_I40E_DCB */
+ }
+
return vsi;
err_config:
@@ -14495,13 +14499,14 @@ struct i40e_vsi *i40e_vsi_setup(struct i40e_pf *pf, u8 type,
if (vsi->netdev_registered) {
vsi->netdev_registered = false;
unregister_netdev(vsi->netdev);
- free_netdev(vsi->netdev);
- vsi->netdev = NULL;
}
-err_dl_port:
if (vsi->type == I40E_VSI_MAIN)
i40e_devlink_destroy_port(pf);
err_netdev:
+ if (vsi->netdev) {
+ free_netdev(vsi->netdev);
+ vsi->netdev = NULL;
+ }
i40e_aq_delete_element(&pf->hw, vsi->seid, NULL);
err_vsi:
i40e_vsi_clear(vsi);
--
2.47.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-18 21:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-18 21:24 [PATCH net 0/8][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2026-09-18 (i40e) Tony Nguyen
2026-09-18 21:24 ` [PATCH net 1/8] i40e: unregister netdev before clearing VSI on reinit failure Tony Nguyen
2026-09-22 1:31 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-25 13:19 ` Maciej Fijalkowski
2026-09-18 21:24 ` [PATCH net 2/8] i40e: avoid null ptr dereference in i40e_ptp_stop() Tony Nguyen
2026-09-22 1:31 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-25 13:30 ` Maciej Fijalkowski
2026-09-18 21:24 ` [PATCH net 3/8] i40e: make ring pointers unreachable before freeing via rcu Tony Nguyen
2026-09-22 1:31 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-25 15:16 ` Maciej Fijalkowski
2026-09-18 21:24 ` [PATCH net 4/8] i40e: avoid deadlock when calling unregister_netdev() Tony Nguyen
2026-09-22 1:31 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-25 16:59 ` Maciej Fijalkowski
2026-09-18 21:24 ` [PATCH net 5/8] i40e: fix potential UAF in i40e_vsi_setup()'s error path Tony Nguyen
2026-09-18 21:24 ` Tony Nguyen [this message]
2026-09-22 1:31 ` [PATCH net 6/8] i40e: do not expose netdev too early netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-18 21:24 ` [PATCH net 7/8] i40e: keep q_vectors array in sync with channel count changes Tony Nguyen
2026-09-22 1:31 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-18 21:24 ` [PATCH net 8/8] i40e: xsk: fix multi-buffer XDP_PASS skb construction Tony Nguyen
2026-09-24 11:23 ` [PATCH net 0/8][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2026-09-18 (i40e) Paolo Abeni
2026-09-24 11:25 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-09-25 12:46 ` Maciej Fijalkowski
2026-09-25 20:00 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-26 12:21 ` Maciej Fijalkowski
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